Les Girls Page #3

[Singing Les Girls by Cole Porter]

[Audience applauding]

Wonderful!

All right, hurry, girls.

hurry, please.

You got one quick change, Angele, here.

Feel my heart,

you can almost hear it pounding.

-Does it chime the hour?

-Oh, Joy, really.

EMCEE:
[ln French] Be ready

for the final act.

Curtain in five minutes.

Do you think Mr. Barry

was pleased with me?

Yes, l think he was pleased.

You'll know when he's not.

ls he unhappy to be away from his wife?

he fell in love with himself

the first time he looked in a mirror.

-he's been faithful ever since.

-That's not fair.

What she really means is Barry's very

ambitious and the act always comes first.

You are in love with him maybe?

Are you kidding?

-he belongs to you, then.

-What a question.

-l like him.

-What about Pierre?

Pierre is in La Porte. And l'm in Paris.

-l mustn't allow myself to be despondent.

-vive la France.

We're gonna go to the flat

and have some cheese or something.

-Do you want to come with us?

-You buy your own food?

We don't grow it.

With Paris full of men

who are rich and hungry?

That's such a bore.

Besides, there's the old language barrier.

To say nothing of the moral barrier.

To me it's immoral for a beautiful girl

to eat alone.

Tonight, l rescue a poor banker

from loneliness.

Better wind Pierre's watch.

l think it's running down.

No, you don't understand.

Pierre loves me,

we might get married one day.

lf his parents consent.

But that's not tomorrow.

-And tonight is tonight.

-What you do is none of our affair.

lf you have a dinner date, keep it.

l hope you have a wonderful dinner.

-l intend to.

-Good.

Don't you ever knock

before you walk into a room?

What for? You got secrets?

l think we finally got it.

A real act. No complications.

You stick around,

you and l got to rehearse.

-Tonight?

-Sure. You don't know those routines.

But it's not possible. l have

an engagement tonight. With an uncle.

Make it tomorrow.

-But he leaves Paris tomorrow.

-And tonight is tonight.

-l've got a reputation at stake.

-So has she.

The poor girl's exhausted,

can't you rehearse her tomorrow?

My uncle, he would be very sad.

Your uncle ain't running the act.

On stage. 10 minutes.

All right. We'll take it once again

from where you pull the rope.

Did l do wrong?

honey, it was nothing.

There was no excitement.

l'm not a potato. l'm a man

you're supposed to be in love with.

l wish you were a potato. l'm hungry.

And tired. lt's been already two hours.

-Do you want this job?

-Yes.

Then we'll rehearse until you do it right.

Don't pull so hard on the rope.

The last time l almost went on my ear.

Okay. Start the music.

[Dramatic instrumental music]

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